John Kerry as he ran for president against incumbent George W. Bush. Bush had sought and found an Air National Guard slot in ...

I can’t tell you the exact moment I realized how many powerful people belonging to the previous generation were failing ours, but I will never forget the feeling. It animates me still today.

Shrum was a strategist on John Kerry’s presidential campaign in 2004 when a group called Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, made up of Vietnam War veterans, questioned his military record ...

John Kerry ends his long career in politics the ... Relations Committee and the American public that U.S. servicemen in Vietnam “raped, cut off ears, cut off heads, taped wires from portable ...

John F. Kerry during his run for the White ... swift boat — a relatively small patrol vessel — during the Vietnam War. Kerry received three Purple Hearts, a Silver Star and a Bronze Star.

McCain, a military hawk, forever remained a staunch supporter of the Vietnam War, during which 58,000 Americans and nearly 3 million Vietnamese were killed. But he worked closely with John Kerry ...